[Devil-Linux-discuss] Ping Downgraded from 1.2.15 to 1.4

[Bradlee L. <bra...@gm...>]

Just out of curiosity, did DL intentionally downgrade the ping
utility, or was it done upstream at LFS? On 1.4RC1, it returns this
version number: "ping - GNU inetutils 1.5", while on 1.2.15, it
returns this: "ping utility, iputils-ss020927". The version in iputils
seems to be better to me. It includes a flag for broadcast (-b) and
interface (-I) and both are features that I would like to make use of,
but neither are in inetutils.

I'm kind of disappointed in inetutils, as it is a program by GNU.
iputils seems to be run by a single person, and hasn't been updated in
a few years, but it seems to be better just from the options list.


Thanks,
Brad Landis